When I first saw the title of Jen Kirkman’s new book, I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids, I sighed. On the upside, I loved the idea that there was a new book out by a great female comedian who was childfree. Following the...
Please check out the segment, “Not Having Kids Bad for the Economy?” on the NPR show Tell Me More I was part of this week. Host Michel Martin had read the recent piece by Harry Siegel and Joel Kotkin on thedailybeast, “Where Have All the Babies...
From my previous post on Huffpo, the recent ink out there are why we need to really be concerned about falling birthrates got me going! Like Jonathan Last’s piece in the Wall Street Journal online, “America’s Baby Bust” and his recent flurry...
Great reviews for The Baby Matrix continue to come in! Here’s a few more. If you have read it, don’t be shy-share your reader review as well! … “this was a fascinating book… As a woman in her mid-30’s who is still on the fence about motherhood, it was nice...
In the last few years we have seen studies out there asking whether parents are happier than people without children. On January 16, USA Today reported on three more such studies. There’s some bad and good news about these and other studies. Let me explain. A...
